2 Questions Water Cooling And Lian Li Case. Options

[imaphaggit]

Anyone have a water cooling set up that works pretty good?

I know Koolance sells a xbox 360 unit but its $289.99, anyone with cheaper solutions? Anyone have this that can give me a review?

Also Lian Li case Good/bad?

Just wanted to get opinions on whats good and not. Thanks.

This post has been edited by imaphaggit: Dec 17 2008, 10:47 PM

[MattCustom360]

The corsair Nautilus 500 is a good system, you can easily mod it with a bigger radiator if you want to cool the liquid even more. I like the Lian Li case, but think it's expensive at the minute so would wait until the price drops a little bit. Imo if you buy a Lian Li case try and do an internal water cooling system.

[SuDDeN]

The Koolance Blocks are good. I just bought 2 of these from here : http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/xbox-360-cpugpu-...lock-1892-p.asp (They ship to US and good rate and pricing)
and also as Matt said the Nautilus is a good unit to Mod.... if you want to keep your existing 360 case - I believe a link to my mod is in my sig...

I like the Lian-Li case and have bought a couple myself - but have not begin a mod with them yet. Lots of air flow and plenty of room inside.

Parts I would recommend for that Case:
D5 Vario Pump or DDC 3.2 with XSPC Res Top
Koolance water blocks or the XSPC Block (I like it better - I like the Channels and water flow rate)
1/2" tubing (cant not use 1/2" ID tubing if using the Koolance Blocks)
Black Ice 240 GTX

This will be my next build. I have everything but a 3rd 360.

Have fun stay away from the Koolance Bundle kit.... poor pump and nasty aluminum radiator.
Try to stay all copper if possible. If you use the Koolance blocks (gold plated) then you can use the aluminum radiator - but I still dont recommend risking it.

My 2 cents!




This post has been edited by SuDDeN: Dec 19 2008, 07:10 PM

[alpha_prime]

The Koolance Blocks are good. I just bought 2 of these from here : http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/xbox-360-cpugpu-...lock-1892-p.asp (They ship to US and good rate and pricing)
and also as Matt said the Nautilus is a good unit to Mod.... if you want to keep your existing 360 case - I believe a link to my mod is in my sig...

I like the Lian-Li case and have bought a couple myself - but have not begin a mod with them yet. Lots of air flow and plenty of room inside.

Parts I would recommend for that Case:
D5 Vario Pump or DDC 3.2 with XSPC Res Top
Koolance water blocks or the XSPC Block (I like it better - I like the Channels and water flow rate)
1/2" tubing (cant not use 1/2" ID tubing if using the Koolance Blocks)
Black Ice 240 GTX

This will be my next build. I have everything but a 3rd 360.

Have fun stay away from the Koolance Bundle kit.... poor pump and nasty aluminum radiator.
Try to stay all copper if possible. If you use the Koolance blocks (gold plated) then you can use the aluminum radiator - but I still dont recommend risking it.

My 2 cents!

isn't a D5 and a 240mm radiator kind of overkill for a 360? A 240mm radiator can handle about 400 watts of heat, that's enough for an enthusiast pc .

[SuDDeN]

isn't a D5 and a 240mm radiator kind of overkill for a 360? A 240mm radiator can handle about 400 watts of heat, that's enough for an enthusiast pc .

Maybe.... a little. On both of my 360's I use MCR320 Swiftech Radiators. I know that it's overkill becuase my liquid temps never leave 25*c to 26*c at 79*f to 80*f ambient temps.
When I did my buddy's 360 using my Nautilus Modded - one I see temps up towards 29*c at the same ambient. So in my honest opinion I feel that a dual rad is sufficient. Even the Koolance stock 360 bundle is a dual 120mm rad. (all be it aluminum though and only 1/4" id tubing.

Now as for a just a simple 220mm rad (dual 120mm) that would even suffice it for the 360, I just like that the GTX is more free flowing and thicker than Black Ice Pro standard radiators to offer better cooling performance.

My mod that I have going now is acutally a Koolance Exos 2.5 and I ripped out the alluminum Rad and have fitted it with a Thermochill PA220. I am almost done and will post pics when completed. I have swapped the fans out with 2ea Ultra Kazes +3000rpm fans and have a 1/2" shroud internal. I am wiring them to a fan controller. (too loud)

Water Cooling by any means is extreme, but for the original poster. If you invest in quality components then you can always move them to another 360 later or even start on your way to water cooling a PC.

I would ONLY ever use a Dual Rad for no more than just a CPU (or maybe add the northbridge/southbridge) but I would never load up a dual with CPU, and both SLI cards. Way too much heat vs noise ratio (fans) to cool them. Again in my opinion.

I hope this helps.


ALSO to the Original Poster - I forgot to tell ya the fans I would by to cool your Lian-Li case and Radiator Fans.

120mm Yate Loon D12SH-12 Case Fan - Black (88 CFM, 40 dBA)
In my opinion the Best for Price and CFM per Noise Ratio

L8r

This post has been edited by SuDDeN: Dec 20 2008, 02:01 AM

[alpha_prime]

Maybe.... a little. On both of my 360's I use MCR320 Swiftech Radiators. I know that it's overkill becuase my liquid temps never leave 25*c to 26*c at 79*f to 80*f ambient temps.
When I did my buddy's 360 using my Nautilus Modded - one I see temps up towards 29*c at the same ambient. So in my honest opinion I feel that a dual rad is sufficient. Even the Koolance stock 360 bundle is a dual 120mm rad. (all be it aluminum though and only 1/4" id tubing.

Now as for a just a simple 220mm rad (dual 120mm) that would even suffice it for the 360, I just like that the GTX is more free flowing and thicker than Black Ice Pro standard radiators to offer better cooling performance.

My mod that I have going now is acutally a Koolance Exos 2.5 and I ripped out the alluminum Rad and have fitted it with a Thermochill PA220. I am almost done and will post pics when completed. I have swapped the fans out with 2ea Ultra Kazes +3000rpm fans and have a 1/2" shroud internal. I am wiring them to a fan controller. (too loud)

Water Cooling by any means is extreme, but for the original poster. If you invest in quality components then you can always move them to another 360 later or even start on your way to water cooling a PC.

I would ONLY ever use a Dual Rad for no more than just a CPU (or maybe add the northbridge/southbridge) but I would never load up a dual with CPU, and both SLI cards. Way too much heat vs noise ratio (fans) to cool them. Again in my opinion.

I hope this helps.
ALSO to the Original Poster - I forgot to tell ya the fans I would by to cool your Lian-Li case and Radiator Fans.

120mm Yate Loon D12SH-12 Case Fan - Black (88 CFM, 40 dBA)
In my opinion the Best for Price and CFM per Noise Ratio

L8r

yeah, putting a high end cpu/NB/SB ans sli cards on a dual 120mm rad isn't really a good idea, i was talking about a normal 'enthusiast' pc ( 4850/4870 and a dual core cpu)

I just said it was overkill for a 360. I mean, it only consumes about 150 watts of pure power now. Let's say it outputs about 100 watts of heat maximum. A single 120mm radiator can handle about 250 watts with a normal fan.

I agree you should invest in GOOD watercooling equipment (danger den, xspc, laing, black ice/thermochill radiators etc), but you don't have to go overboard with dual 120mm radiators and stuff....

[imaphaggit]

The Koolance Blocks are good. I just bought 2 of these from here : http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/xbox-360-cpugpu-...lock-1892-p.asp (They ship to US and good rate and pricing)
and also as Matt said the Nautilus is a good unit to Mod.... if you want to keep your existing 360 case - I believe a link to my mod is in my sig...

I like the Lian-Li case and have bought a couple myself - but have not begin a mod with them yet. Lots of air flow and plenty of room inside.

Parts I would recommend for that Case:
D5 Vario Pump or DDC 3.2 with XSPC Res Top
Koolance water blocks or the XSPC Block (I like it better - I like the Channels and water flow rate)
1/2" tubing (cant not use 1/2" ID tubing if using the Koolance Blocks)
Black Ice 240 GTX

This will be my next build. I have everything but a 3rd 360.

Have fun stay away from the Koolance Bundle kit.... poor pump and nasty aluminum radiator.
Try to stay all copper if possible. If you use the Koolance blocks (gold plated) then you can use the aluminum radiator - but I still dont recommend risking it.

My 2 cents!

Yea I was gonna try to ebay a Lian-Li case they are way to expensive now then when I checked them before newegg used to have them for 89 bucks! I was defiantly gonna place it internally too if I got the Lian-Li case. Im thinking about just buying a cheap PC case and modding it to fit the xbox mobo. Well thanks for the info, Ill for sure give it a go tho.

[xbox-enthusiast786]

ive done this: DIY job. maybe thisll help

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=670943


lol